China News Service, Shaoxing, October 5th (Reporter Xiang Jing) This year's National Day holiday, digital renminbi (hereinafter referred to as: digital currency) pilot cities have hot consumption, digital currency has promoted "buy, buy, buy", and digital currency payment has become a consumption "new". Fashion".
Digital currency is a digital form of legal tender issued by the People's Bank of China, which is equivalent to physical RMB.
Currently, 23 cities in China, including Shenzhen, Ningbo, and Shaoxing, are pilot areas for digital currency.
Taking advantage of the "Golden Week", the digital currency "red envelope rain" was distributed in many places to stimulate consumption.
At the end of September this year, three Chinese banks issued tens of millions of yuan in digital currency "gift packs" in 23 digital currency pilot cities, including digital currency red envelopes without threshold and full discount coupons; from September to November this year, Jiangsu plans to provide digital currency "gifts" in catering, cultural tourism More than 800 consumption promotion activities were held in other fields, and about 334 million yuan of consumer coupons and digital red envelopes were distributed...
On the eve of the National Day holiday, Ningbo officially announced the winners of this round of digital currency red packets. The validity period of digital currency red packets covers the entire holiday.
Ms. Li, a citizen of Ningbo, went to a supermarket that supports digital currency payment on the first day of the National Day. "She won a 100 yuan digital currency red envelope, which is equivalent to a direct reduction and exemption. It's a good deal!"
In Ningbo, digital currency consumption scenes have been set up in restaurants, scenic spots, gas stations, supermarkets and other places.
In Ms. Li's view, "zero threshold" and "several use" are the biggest advantages of digital currency red envelopes.
The National Day holiday is a "golden period" for tourism. Many digital currency pilot cities have launched digital currency application scenarios on subways, buses and other public transportation.
Take Shaoxing, the "cultural capital of East Asia" as an example, this holiday, the city's Metro Line 1 and more than 160 buses all support digital currency payments.
"Taking the subway, buying tickets for scenic spots, and lodging all used coins." Chen Chen, a young man from Shenzhen who was visiting Shaoxing, gave an example to the reporter. Most of the shops in Lu Xun's hometown, the high-quality pedestrian street and Ying'enmen style water street, support coins. Payment, "I didn't expect that there are so many scenarios for the use of digital currency".
Today, the application scenarios of digital currency pilot cities are becoming more and more diverse, covering various fields such as clothing, food, housing, and transportation.
With the continuous promotion of digital currency, the acceptance and utilization rate of digital currency by the public is also increasing.
As of the beginning of September, Shaoxing has established 59,400 digital currency application scenarios and opened 1,652,500 digital currency wallets.
"Compared with third-party payment methods, digital currency is safer and more efficient to use," said Fu Jia, a local consumer in Shaoxing.
From mid-August to the end of September this year, the Shaoxing area distributed 50 million yuan of digital currency red envelopes. Fu Jia was drawn twice in a row, and he has quite "experience" in digital currency payment.
She said, "We will continue to use digital currency to pay in the future."
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